Re: Jeffrey Puts CoS in Deeper Doo Doo
Civil can turn into criminal especially in Texas but I think you like the idea that it is civil and not criminal.
I actually don't care much about either. I haven't a dog in this fight.
I left 30 years ago. The church is not important to me. My only remaining interest in the church is to see an end to the abuse. I don't see this civil case as likely to affect that matter very much. Maybe shift a few deckchairs around. That's about it.
Beyond ending the abuse, whether the church continues or not, whether Miscavige is top dog or not, is of no particular interest to me. I just don't care about the existence of the church or the name of the chairman of the board. No interest. People have a right to do stupid things. If they want a church run on lrh's green & white that's their choice. If they want to worship hubbard as the second coming of harry potter, more power to them.
Unlike some on the board,
I'm not on a last ditch campaign to save mankind, either on behalf of the church or from it.
Cook, Rathbun, Rinder, Miscavige, are all part of the same gang of crooks as far as I can see. All are culpable in the abuses, if not equally culpable. Just as none of them are my enemies, neither are any of them my allies.
The
only thing I would
like to see come out of Cook's case, and I see this as a really really long shot, definitely not something to pin one's hopes upon, is the possiblity of establishing a legal precedent which could lead to overturning other church NDAs more generally. I don't see that as at all likely to occur but I would like
that very much should it occur. Hope springs eternal. There are people whom I regard as friends who are bound by such agreements. Anything which serves to undermine their force in law I would see as to the good.
Enjoy your oppterm. It's not something I choose to share.
Mark A. Baker